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2005-05-17 | |||||
OK gents, get out yer wallets. There was a fair amount of wagering on good ol' Gorgeous George. Will the interested parties please make themselves known...
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Posted by:seafarious |
#32 norm is it? or should I say dan the potato man... |
Posted by: Whomoting Omeaper1433 2005-05-17 22:32 |
#31 foolish americans... |
Posted by: Whomoting Omeaper1433 2005-05-17 22:30 |
#30 I forgot to upgrade to the $3.00 PayPal satisfaction guarantee. I guess I'll have no recourse if Fred turns site ops over to Daily Kos. |
Posted by: Classical_Liberal 2005-05-17 19:53 |
#29 He sure loves these jihad causes Complaint on use of funds prompts investigation and raises echoes of the past In the mid-1990s, he faced allegations that lobby groups he was involved with received £360,000 from the Pakistan government. BBC Newsnight said Mr Galloway received a cheque from the Benazir Bhutto government worth £50,000 for the National Lobby on Kashmir. A further £10,000 was paid in cash to the group. Documents detailing the payments were uncovered by a Pakistani commission investigating Mrs Bhutto after she was ousted in 1996. The Bhutto government also agreed to pay a company of which Mr Galloway was a director, Asian Voice Ltd, £500,000 to set up a newspaper favourable to it. Around £300,000 was paid. The paper, East, ran into financial difficulty when Mrs Bhutto was ousted. Secret payments were later funnelled to the Pakistan Projection Fund in London. Mr Galloway says he received no benefit from these monies, and the Commons standards committee cleared him of any wrongdoing. |
Posted by: john 2005-05-17 19:15 |
#28 $50 for me too. Fred wins, which means I win :) |
Posted by: Carl in N.H. 2005-05-17 18:39 |
#27 Dave D - Did you put airholes in the box? |
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2005-05-17 18:07 |
#26 Well, shit: he showed up, and he actually testified. Guess I'm out $50 now. Fred, the czech is in the mail... |
Posted by: Dave D. 2005-05-17 16:38 |
#25 Ah the Senate. Where nothing is ever quite said, but much is oh so politely implied. Perhaps Tobe Hooper or some other Muzzy asshole will beat George's ass before he can get on a plane and flee back to UKistan. |
Posted by: .com 2005-05-17 15:07 |
#24 Having read some of the quotes from the exchanges I find Curious Gorgeous George pretty underwhelming as an orator. He's got that seemingly sociopathic m.o. going though. |
Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-17 14:49 |
#23 heh..heh...like is said..talk...talk..talk. you can beat it galloway. talk |
Posted by: 2b 2005-05-17 14:36 |
#22 Live Blogged here. Thanks to PowerLine for the heads up. |
Posted by: eLarson 2005-05-17 14:28 |
#21 talk, bad boy, talk. You can talk your way out of it. YO da man. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-05-17 13:49 |
#20 If I'm reading the reports correctly Galloway was sworn in before he addressed the committee. Footnote for future reference. |
Posted by: Matt 2005-05-17 13:37 |
#19 Nah. Just put a story in Newsweak about him using copies of the Koran to start the charcoal for his pork barbeque in the summer. |
Posted by: Tkat 2005-05-17 13:36 |
#18 This guy makes my skin crawl. He is a very bad guy. I hope that he trips and hits his head on a rock. That or the Capitol police shoot him. In the head. Several times. |
Posted by: remoteman 2005-05-17 13:10 |
#17 Galloway is there now...declaring he owns 'no company' that sells oil...he's full of fire...looking at him is like looking at evil...no shame, no remorse, boldly declaring his actions are without fault...not sure I can watch all of it...perhaps there will be a transcript. |
Posted by: Quana 2005-05-17 11:36 |
#16 OK, Fox News is updating us now on the Committee's hearing...they showed Galloway but I'm not sure it was a live shot. |
Posted by: Quana 2005-05-17 11:03 |
#15 They are still laying out the evidence such as the ghost companies, complicity in avoiding the interdiction and the paperwork relationship between middlemen and allocation-holders. I have not seen Galloway yet nor heard any mention if he is there. I keep watching the audience for sparks and steam. None visible so far. |
Posted by: Quana 2005-05-17 11:00 |
#14 I'm in for $50 |
Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-17 10:36 |
#13 What a peacock-struttin' poseur. He'll be right at home in the Senate... |
Posted by: Raj 2005-05-17 10:36 |
#12 Sorry, I should have said the broadcast is 'webcast' at or near the link I provided. Powerlineblog.com gives directions how to navigate to the webcast. |
Posted by: Quana 2005-05-17 09:50 |
#11 Look at powerlineblog.com, they have a link to the hearings at Senate Hearings. You'll need real player, I think. I'm listening now to Senator Levin blame the US and Bay Oil for the OFF debacle...at least, that's the way it sounds right now. |
Posted by: Quana 2005-05-17 09:46 |
#10 Send him to Gitmo until his 20 million barrels are accounted for. |
Posted by: Tom 2005-05-17 08:40 |
#9 Did he talk about the whole Koran-in-a-toilet lie? |
Posted by: Glung Sheans9650 2005-05-17 08:26 |
#8 such hubris, that galloway. heh, heh...let the man talk. |
Posted by: 2b 2005-05-17 08:00 |
#7 Uh oh, I seem to remember saying something about $50. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-17 07:29 |
#6 He was on the Beeb this morning bleating about Gitmo and Bagram being representative of American justice. I say give him Saddam's version of justice, or Taliban justice... |
Posted by: Howard UK 2005-05-17 05:35 |
#5 He should be arrested for treason. Did he get assurances that he'll be able to leave again? |
Posted by: True German Ally 2005-05-17 05:19 |
#4 I'm in for $50, Seafarious; soon's ol' Gorgeous George Galloway testifies in the Senate, I'll whip out the checkbook. Frank G. is in for $50 too, if you can catch him... |
Posted by: Dave D. 2005-05-17 04:55 |
#3 I would like to see Galloway and Ted Kennedy in a "who can be the biggest a-hole" contest. |
Posted by: Captain America 2005-05-17 04:48 |
#2 tw - I heard, in a promo on Fox today, that he was to testify tomorrow at Sen Norm Coleman's OFF inquiry. I'm sure it will be carried by Fox - and I'm sure they'll advertise when the coverage will begin. |
Posted by: .com 2005-05-17 02:04 |
#1 Does anyone know where/when his appearance before the Congressional Committee will be televised? I want to watch the whole thing, if possible. Thanks in advance. :-) |
Posted by: trailing wife 2005-05-17 01:38 |